Turkish State Minister for Economy & Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said on Thursday, "I think Turkey has resumed its positive growth as of the last quarter of 2009."

Babacan said at a meeting hosted by Association of Turkish Tourism Investors, "when we look at the exports and production figures as well as, capacity utilization figures for the last quarter of 2009, we see that Turkish economy has begun recovering from the global crisis."

"We predict that Turkey has resumed its positive growth as of the last quarter of last year. Figures will be officially announced on March 31, but according to the premise indicators, our economic growth has begun rising again. Recent statistical data also reveals the signals of recovery in the real sector," he said.


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